Baeah seligman



(No Model.) B. SELIGMAN.

STAY FOR GARMENTS.

No. 347,833. Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

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I I he i :J :i I. I I I Z I I 1" I I I I I I i l l I G I I WITNESSES. llIlI/E/VTO/P ATTUH/VEI J.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARAH SELIGMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STAY FOR GARM ENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,833, dated August 24, 1886.

Application filed Apr1l19, 18:6.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BARAH SELIGMAN, of the city of New York, county and State of New Yorlghave invented a new'and Improved Covered '\Vhalebone, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a whalebone the central portion of which is covered by a fabrie woven in theform of atnbe, while its ends are left exposed and are puncturedfst) that the whalebone may be readily attached to a garment.

The invention consists in the elements of improvement hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my improved covered Whalebone. Fig. 2 is a eross section on the line mm, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

The letter a represents a piece of whalebone of suitable length. It is covered at its center by an envelope consisting of a piece of woven tubular fabric, b, made with re-enforcing fiaps c, which are of double thickness. The ends (Z d of the whalebone aare exposed, the covering b being shorter than the whalebone a, as

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shown. 0 e are perforations made into exposed ends d, and serving for jLtiLQiLlllgihB whalebone to the garment.

If Whalebone is covered from 'end to end, it is with great difficulty that the location of the perforations is ascertained through the fabric. On the other hand, it is impracticable to perforate the fabric b in line with the holes 6, first, because the fabric would be apt to rip, and, secondly, because the perforations would readily come out of line.

I am aware of Patent N 0. 253,612, granted to O. V. Turner February 14, 1882, and do not claim the construction therein described; but

I do elairn The combination of whaleboue (I, having perforations e, that extend at each end d through the body of the whalebone, with tubular fabric b, having re-enforcing flaps c, and covering central part of the whalebone a, whileleaviug the perforated ends d. exposed, substantially as specified.

BARAH SELIGMAN.

Witnesses:

W. J. COLEMAN, F. v. BRIESEN. 

